Who owns Bossip?
Bossip is owned by Urban One (the United States, NASDAQ: UONE).[1]
Evidence: Urban One, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Urban One, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Silver Spring
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: UONE NASDAQ: UONEK
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Bossip
Bossip is one of the digital platforms of Interactive One, its wholly owned digital arm serving the African-American community through social content, news, information and entertainment websites. The 10-K for 2025 names it alongside HipHopWired and MadameNoire but gives no founding or acquisition date.
What Urban One's annual report says about Bossip
Sentences about Bossip from Urban One's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Interactive One operates the largest social networking site primarily targeting African-Americans and other branded websites, including Bossip, HipHopWired and MadameNoire.
How often Urban One names Bossip in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Bossip
Where Bossip sits in Urban One
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Urban One
Urban One controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4; Urban One has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allrecipes | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| BMC | Springer Nature | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Urban One
Urban One is a publicly listed company headquartered in Silver Spring, United States. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: UONE and NASDAQ: UONEK.
Urban One is a Delaware corporation that its 10-K calls an urban-oriented, multi-media company primarily targeting African-American and urban consumers. It operates radio stations under the Radio One brand, a syndication business called Reach Media, the cable networks TV One and CLEO TV, and the digital platforms of Interactive One. It was named Radio One, Inc. until April 2017, and the Radio One name still survives as its radio brand.
🇺🇸 Bossip and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Bossip is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Bossip?
The parent company of Bossip is Urban One, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Bossip American?
Yes. Bossip originated in the United States and its owner, Urban One, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Bossip still owned by Urban One?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Bossip is still owned by Urban One. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Urban One, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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